1.3% ▼ -71.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pallara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pallara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Pallara go without a car compared to the national figure, with only 1.3% of households lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is a key feature of the area's transport landscape. Most residents depend on private vehicles for their daily travel and commutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than half of all homes (53.8%) have two vehicles, and 12.5% have three. Very few households lack a car, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pallara, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.6% of residents. While 14.6% work from home, this is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
14.6% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -42.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Pallara has more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas, though these are exclusively buses. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.85
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
313.6
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
22
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Pallara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32255/pallara/topic/transport